Black cloth spine with illustrated paper wrappers
1886 · Cincinnati
by (Root, George F., ed)
Cincinnati: John Church Co., 1886. First edition. Black cloth spine with illustrated paper wrappers. Two large chips to the front wrapper and one to the rear, first blank torn, somewhat fragile edges with a few marginal chips, mainly to the rear few leaves, shelf sticker on foot of backstrip, overall a good copy of an elusive title.. [i], 118 pp. Obl. 8vo. Root & Son's, Chicago, music publishers, listed along with John Church on the front wrapper. Contains 86 songs including all of the original 50 songs from Root's 1863 publication, with lyrics and scores. Scarce. OCLC shows only 10 copies. (Inventory #: 31603)